Is Your Oatmeal Bland? Mix It Up and Add Some Taste!

The time has come ladies and gentlemen. I’m sure that by now you are getting sick of the dinner recipes. You’ve been thinking to yourself, “Do the Sans' eat anything besides dinner?” Surprisingly enough, breakfast is my absolute favorite meal of the day. There is truly nothing better than a bowl of oatmeal with a hot cup of coffee. I’m swooning just thinking about it. So let’s switch things up for a bit and move on to the most important meal of the day. I am a huge fan of oatmeal, but at the same time, I get tired of eating the same thing over and over again. However, the great thing about oatmeal is that you can vary how it’s prepared to keep things interesting. So even though the oats are the same, the flavors that you add to it can be completely different.

Today’s recipe is a type of oatmeal that I wouldn’t make on a daily basis but is great if you wake up with a sweet tooth. If you’re interested in having something healthy that tastes like dessert for breakfast, you need to try out this recipe for Brownie Batter Peanut Butter Oatmeal. Chocolate and peanut butter… for breakfast? I don’t think you can get any better than that.

Let’s gather you’re ingredients! One of the most interesting ingredients included in this recipe is the cacao powder. No, not cocoa powder. Cacao powder! They may sound really similar but they are actually quite different, in terms of taste and nutritional value.

Cacao ischocolate in its rawest form and therefore is not processed like cocoa powder. Also, cacao has a very high amount of antioxidantsand magnesium. It is considered a superfood and should definitely be incorporated in your diet.

Place the water and dark chocolate almond milk in a small saucepan over high heat. Bring to a boil. Once boiling, add old fashioned oats to the pan and lower to medium heat. Then, add cinnamon, cacao powder, vanilla extract, stevia sweetener, and 1 tablespoon of the peanut butter to the sauce pan, stirring until fully incorporated. Cook for about 5 minutes, stirring frequently. Lastly, add in the walnuts.

Place the oats into a bowl and swirl in your last tablespoon of peanut butter. Hope you enjoy this decadent version of oatmeal as much as I did.